Sundance Resources has appointed former Leighton Holdings chief executive officer Wal King as its new chairman, following the retirement of current chairman George Jones after the company’s AGM in November.
Iron ore miner and steelmaker Arrium is seeking to raise at least $754 million through the issue of new shares, to reduce debt amid falling prices for iron ore.
Subiaco-based explorer Aspire Mining has announced a $2.2 million placement to sophisticated investors for drilling at its Nuurstei coal project in northern Mongolia.
POP philosophy enterprise The School of Life is tentatively considering Perth as its second permanent Australian centre, with a temporary school testing the local waters.
The Australian stock market is lower as news of a slowdown in Chinese industrial production and expectations the US Federal Reserve will lift interest rates weigh on investors.
Wall Street stocks took a breather this week, finishing down from record levels despite solid US economic data and a successful products launch by Apple.
Western Australia-based firms spaceagency, Roxby Architects, Philip Stejskal Architecture and the Perth branch of Hassell have been shortlisted for the 2014 National Architecture Awards.
The share market has suffered its largest weekly fall in a month as falls in almost every sector on Friday contributed to a third straight day of weakness.
An affordable housing development in Fremantle is no longer certain to proceed due to the federal government’s scrapping of the National Rental Affordability Scheme.
Design work is nearly complete for the world’s largest trimaran yacht, to be built at the Australian Marine Complex in Perth’s southern suburb of Henderson.
Perth mining contractor Barminco has won an extension to its contract with miner Western Areas to carry out $190 million of underground mining development and production activities at its Spotted Quoll and Flying Fox nickel mines.
Institutional investors, both in Australia and overseas, are increasingly focused on Perth industrial property, with investment yields tipped to crack 8 per cent for prime grade assets.
A 45-apartment complex in the south-west suburb of Coolbellup has been launched by LandCorp and Infill Property Group, the latest significant multi-dwelling proposal set to revitalise the area.
The federal government has raised the National Terrorism Public Alert level from medium to high based on advice from security and intelligence agencies, but says it was not based on knowledge of a specific attack plan.
Developers keen to get a slice of the western suburbs have again been given a golden opportunity by the state government, which has put a parcel of prime land overlooking the Swan River back on the
Perth-based national IT services provider Empired has expansion in its sights, after completing a $10.5 million capital raising on the back of strong year-end profit results.
Silver Lake Resources founding managing director Les Davis will step down from his role in November, leaving current executive director Luke Tonkin to fill his shoes.
